![]() ![]() He is a founding member of Greenery, a multi-disciplinary collective initiated with sculptor David Adamo. He has composed for Ensemble Resonanz, Ensemble Mosaik, Berlin Splitter Orchester, Zafraan Ensemble, Ensemble Offspring, the Australian Art Orchestra, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Musikkollegium Wintherthur, Theater Basel, Deutsches Theater, Schauspielhaus Bochum. Originally trained as a classical pianist, Phillips has worked as a pianist, cellist, conductor, composer and artist in the disciplines of new and experimental music, classical music, non-western musics, improvisation, electronic music, theatre, dance, performance, film, the visual arts and research. ![]() The multi-faceted and flexible nature of his work facilitates a diversity of practises initiating a cross-fertilisation that informs his many creative projects. He often incorporates methods of collaborative composition that invite creative contributions from musicians who shift the composer/performer relationship towards an initiator/creative-participant dynamic. He produces immersive work that explores the perception of time and place through sound and spatialisation by building expansive sonic atmospheres and taking particular care to tailor his compositions to each context. He utilises transdisciplinary methodologies of collaboration and adaptation to question dominant approaches to artistic creation. Simon James Phillips is a musician whose creative approach activates alternative processes to broaden the relational connections between musics, participants, heritages, and practises.
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